Intro: Bm A G D Bm A D Bm A G D G A Verse: Bm A G D One hand on this wily comet Bm A D Take a drink just to give me some weight Bm A G D Some uberman I'd make, I'm G A barely a vapor Bm A G D They shone a chlorine light on Bm A D a host of individual sins Bm A G D Let's carve my aging face off A D fetch us a knife A D start with my eyes A D down so the lines form a G A grimacing smile Bm A G D Close your eyes to corral a virtue Bm A D Is this fooling anyone else? Bm A G D Never worked so long and hard to G A cement a failure Bm A G D We can blow on our thumbs and posture Bm A D but the lonely is such delicate things Bm A G D The wind from a wasp could blow them A D into the sea, with A D stones on their feet A D G A lost to the light and the loving we need Chorus: G D Still to come G D A the worst part and you know it G D there is a numbness G D A in you heart and it's growing Interlude: Bm A G D Bm A D Bm A G D G A Bm A G D Bm A D Bm A G D G A A Verse: Bm A G D With burnt sage and a forest of bygones Bm A D I click my heels get the devils in line Bm A G D A list of things I could lay the blame on might G A give me a way out Bm A G D But with each turn it's this front and center Bm A D Like a dart stuck square in your eye Bm A G D Every post you can hitch your faith on is a A D pie in the sky A D chock full of lies A D a tool we devise to make G A sinking stones fly Chorus: G D Still to come G D A the worst part and you know it G D there is a numbness G D A in you heart and it's growing Outro: Bm A G D Bm A D This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
4 ukulele chords used in "A Comet Appears" by The Shins: A, Bm, D and G



















after the last A in the chorus, the thing resolves on a Bsus4, fingered like a Bm, but with the pinky fingering an ‘E’ on the C string (fourth fret) sounds beautiful.